Ban Handguns

LETTERS FROM READERS

August 16, 1999

REGARDING THE two recent letters about people always wanting to blame gun manufacturers or the National Rifle Association for gun violence: I say that we only need to ban handguns.

It would be hard to walk into a bank carrying a rifle or shotgun. Someone would see the weapon before the perpetrators got inside the bank or other places people rob. It also would be hard to use a hammer on someone who may be able to outrun you.

You can protect yourself or your home with a shotgun or a rifle. Handguns are made to kill people. You don't use handguns to hunt deer or other game. Ora Parkhurst, MELBOURNE